English noun: attractiveness |
1. | attractiveness (attribute) the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts |
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| Samples | Her personality held a strange attraction for him.
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| Synonyms | attraction |
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| Broader (hypernym) | quality |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | affinity, allure, allurement, binding, come-on, drawing power, enticement, fascination, lure, sexual attraction, show-stopper, showstopper, temptingness |
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2. | attractiveness (attribute) sexual allure |
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| Broader (hypernym) | beauty |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | adorability, adorableness, animal magnetism, appeal, appealingness, beguilement, bewitchery, charisma, charm, desirability, desirableness, oomph, personal appeal, personal magnetism, sex appeal, spiff |
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| Attribute | attractive, unattractive |
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| Antonyms | unattractiveness |
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